Improvement in medical compounds



waited fitatce we I e 1 titre.

WILLIAM W. *OGLES BY, orv BENTON COUNTY, OREGON.

IMPROVEMENT IN MEDICAL COMPOUNDS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same of Benton county, in

I, WILLIAM W. OGLESBY,

a certainOomthe State of Oregon, have invented 'pouncl called Oregon Mountain Bahn.

The nature of my invention consists in mixing the tincture prepared from the leaves of the Oregon mountain-balm, an evergreen which grows inthe Rogue River mountains of Oregon.

The tincture of spikenarcl-root, tincture of Oregon hickory-bark, (a shrubor small tree growing in the forests of Oregon) and syrup of clarified sugar, the above tinctures being prepared with diluted alcohol.

To prepare the Oregon mountain-balm, I take (to make sixteen ounces of the balm) of tincture of the leaves of the Oregon mountain-balm four ounces and one-half of an ounce, tincture of spikenarcl-root three ounces, tincture of Oregon hickory-bark one-half of an ounce, and syrup of clarified sugar eight ounces, and mix together as aforesaid by gently heating,

which, after such mixture, is ready for use in cases of colds, coughsflive complaints, and all diseases having a tendency to consumption, and general diseases peculiar to women.

The method of using the balm is as follows:

.For an adult,a tablespoonfnl,,-fi'orh three to five times a day, or when there is an inclinati n to cough. For children, in less quantities, accordin to age.

' Claim.

1 claim as my im'ention-- The manufitcture or preparation of a compound which I denominate Oregon mountain-balm, of the ingredients in the proportions, and for the purp'osesset fort] 1.

WILLIAM W. OGLESBY;

Witnesses I Busuuon W. Wrnsox, GEORGE MERCER. 

